Joined: 12 Mar 2011Posts: 570Location: In the Court of the Crimson King

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 3:43 am Post subject:

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built on strong riffs and played by proper musicians with the right know-how

I can only second this. Too many people think playing BM is all about their supposed beliefs and not so much about good musicianship.

I would also recommend Negative Plane. Best band to have come out of the US in the last decade. Solid black/death metal background (especially Nocturnus - The Key, CF - To Mega Therion), great and varied riffs, artwork by Ketola, Warrior-inspired ughs, without being too cheesy. Basically, the GBK of modern BM.

I would also recommend JOTUNHEIM from Sweden if you like a little bit rawer black metal (maybe even "bestial" would be a right word) with, here and there, melodic riffs... to me it sounds very POWERFULL